Comments on: Gregg Popovich: American players don’t work as hard as foreign playershttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/11/gregg-popovich-american-players-dont-work-as-hard-as-foreign-players/
Basketball - NBC SportsTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:46:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: fanofevilempirehttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/11/gregg-popovich-american-players-dont-work-as-hard-as-foreign-players/comment-page-1/#comment-204796
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:36:12 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204796if Pop likes Int’l players so much go to another country and coach those better players, oh but
he can’t make as much and live as good.
he is just another BS artists making crazy money and complaining.
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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:23:25 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204667When the Spurs win the NBA championship, coach Pop will bust the myth that you must have a superstar of LeBrons stature to win the tile. Basketball is a team sport and in his system everyone gets to touch the ball on every play and they get to shoot it if they are open. By the end of this series Lebron will be so exhausted that his cahones will be dragging on the ground causing him to trip over them. He is already starting to get that bewildered and confused look on his face. Pop and Spurs are good for the NBA and will end up saving NBA from themselves!!!!!!
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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:12:22 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204664Actually , Popovich is of foreign descent himself. He is a son of Serbian immigrants to this country. His beginnings are very humble and he believes that you must earn anything you get. He is very demanding of himself and his players. All his players,foreign or not love him and trust him completely . Parker was interviewed once after the game that they won in the second half , after a bad performance during the first half and he responded ” Pop went Serbian on us”, which meant he was not very kind and passive. He willed them to win!
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:21:05 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204485Popovich coaches the Spurs….foreign players means anybody outside of Texas….
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:14:23 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204401Texas.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:38:02 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204388Other side of that Arc of reasoning is Washington Wizards players Olesky Petcherov and now Jan Vesely, if they played for the Spurs and Pop would they be better or work harder?
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:18:06 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204343Nobody trades a pick anymore. It cuts your options in future years, because the NBA must approve trades of first round picks in consecutive years. You work out a deal, the team picks FOR you, and then you trade for the player. You can do that any number of years in a row.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:37:01 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204325I feel like what he’s getting at is not that American players don’t work hard, its just International players “seem” to work on the fundamental aspects of their game. American players seem to work hard on growing their talent. And even if they play team ball, its not fundamental team ball. Just cause a person passes doesn’t make them fundamentally a team players. But working hard on screens n rolls, back cuts, give n goes is different.But I think a lot of it just has to do with how the game is played now. Fundamentals aren’t as important for young players with talent. Athleticism rules.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:17:08 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204314…and lack of film study. Which is why smarter players (like LeBron, Duncan, et al) are better than ‘Melo and Company.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:35:42 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204247And that doesn’t even take into account whatever the hell Derrick Rose thought he was doing.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:34:36 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204245What country is Chris Bosh from?
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:13:42 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204227The players pop picked has worked harder

It’s different overseas because the players usually play longer together to be reached the right way

In America u have one n done college players who are out of league now because nba doesnt babysit u to get better u have to work at it also in offseason

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:15:00 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204202Yes a lot of international players have improved and are now a big part of the NBA, but don’t forget which country have been winning in the Olympics.
The USA top players are still way above any international team. You can put the best team of international players on the court vs the US and we’ll still kick their butt. End of story.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:39:41 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204171He didn’t say without exception…Go watch a Euro youth team. Generally speaking,European kids are coached up. Kids eyes are locked on and ears are up. Fundamentals are hammered home and worked on in drills incessantly. Scrimmage and games are secondary to learning skills. Then team play. AAU corrupts in more ways than lack of team play. Fundamentals take a backseat to travel and game play.Dunk,lob,drive on lazy defenses… Coaches are babysitters and handlers . Generally speaking…….. and not without exception…..
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:23:58 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204166Case in point, how much effort did Diaw give when he was with the Bobcats? Not much effort at all.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:53:40 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204130I think he means international players are more about learning to play a complete game. Not focus on just being a scorer or shooter. International ball is more about passing and looking for the open guy not 1on1 and forcing up shots. Tho their D is still weak.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:25:43 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204109Pop’s opinion > Feldman’s opinion everyday
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:32:08 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204098Spirs didn’t draft Leonard, they traded for him.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:18:22 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204095That is a ridiculous generalization. Was Sasha Vujacic a hard worker? How about Vladimir Radmanovich, Peja, Bargnani, the aforementioned Darko? I dont think that international players are harder workers than Americans. Popovich might feel that way because of the guys he’s encountered. I think a players effort has a lot to do with the situation they are in. Regardless of nationality, players buy in to winning. The Spurs have been a winning organization for the past 15 years. Because of their success players are more likely to buy in to their program than to a team like the Bobcats. Bottom line, there are plenty of lazy and unmotivated foreigners in the league.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:01:59 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204092yeah ….well…..he needs to sink a lot lower just to be able to reach you with a shovel…….
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:00:27 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204091Look I am a Heat fan……..But really……..resorting to Pop being Un-American…….
Is the OP on Prokhorov’s payroll?
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:55:21 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204088It works both way. Anyone head over heels for bargnani?
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:37:56 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204086I was anti-AAU for a while until I was invited to watch some teams play and you’re 100% right about how committed some of the stars are to team ball.

I think its the bad apples (aka the tweener point guards) that hurt the game.

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:14:29 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204080These young American guys are just concerned with dunking & getting on espn highlights. Meanwhile the foreign guys actually play a team game & focus on skill at a young age. It’s sad but true. Just look at free throw shooting, an easy, uncontested shot & there are American players shooting 50% or less. That’s just laziness & not working on your craft.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:14:18 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204079He is known for bringing the best out players, don’t rule it out
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:10:46 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204077wow! You’ve sunk to a new low.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:02:42 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204076hahahaha that’s awesome!
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:17:26 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204058If Pop can make Darko Milicic a starter…I will believe him.
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:05:19 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204056Americans fell entitled its been to easy for too long
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:03:05 +0000https://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=660622#comment-204054You hear that? Pulling for the Spurs is equivalent to cheering against America!
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